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Griessee is a
lake
A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much large ...
in
Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the 26 cantons forming the S ...
,
Switzerland. The reservoir is located in the municipality of
Ulrichen
Ulrichen is a village in the municipality of Obergoms in the district of Goms in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The population () was 219.
Ulrichen was an independent municipality until January 1, 2009, when it merged with Oberwald and O ...
and can be reached by road from
Nufenen Pass
Nufenen Pass (Italian: ''Passo della Novena'', German: ''Nufenenpass'') (el. 2478 m.) is the highest mountain pass with a paved road within Switzerland. It lies between the summits of Pizzo Gallina (north) and the Nufenenstock (south).
The pas ...
. The lake is fed by the
Gries Glacier. Its surface area is .
The
gravity dam Gries was built in 1965.
See also
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List of lakes of Switzerland
This article contains a sortable table listing all major lakes of Switzerland. The table includes all still water bodies, natural or artificial, that have a surface area of at least , regardless of water volume, maximum depth or other metric. The ...
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List of mountain lakes of Switzerland
This is a list of high-altitude lakes in Switzerland. It includes all significant lakes, natural or artificial, with an area over 4 hectares and a height over 800 metres above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to the transiti ...
References
External links
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Lakes of Valais
Reservoirs in Switzerland
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